The league standings reveals that 21 points split the two competitors in this Championship game. Fulham enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Fulham have the most scored goals (73) in Championship
- Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Blackpool.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fulham form and stats
Fulham have performed here at Craven Cottage this season with 9 wins from 14 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Fulham has won five games in a row. The Sheffield United match was the last time out without a victory.
Fulham are returning here after visiting Stoke City and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Reid, Muniz and Carvalho scored the goal(s). The home team returns to Craven Cottage after drawing with Stoke City (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 3-2. Fulham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-2 away versus Stoke City. Midfield player Reid got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Reid scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Fulham won a home game hosting Birmingham City (6-2). Before that, Fulham drew at home versus Birmingham City. Preceding that match was a defeat to Birmingham City (6-2).Fulham are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost one.
Fulham are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 14 games). Fulham have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Blackpool form and stats
3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackpool in their Championship matches away. Bitter travels for Blackpool as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Swansea City match.
180 minutes! That's how long the Blackpool goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Blackpool delivered a 1-0 draw playing at home against Millwall (placed 14th) in their previous match. The manager Critchley was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Bloomfield Road. Blackpool suffered a 1-0 loss to Millwall (placed 14th). Impressive finishing from Lavery secured the home win 1-0 against Millwall in their previous game. Defender Ekpiteta was the best team player with a rating of 8.0. Ekpiteta hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Blackpool played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The visiting Blackpool have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Blackpool have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Blackpool - Fulham 1-0 was the result in these squads' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Last seven meetings involving these sides: Fulham won three, Blackpool were winners in one and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mitrović 27 goals |  F. Carvalho 8 goals |  N. Kebano 8 goals |
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| Fulham | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 73 | 36 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 85% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 63% |
| 59% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 44% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 15% |
| 37% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 7% |
| 59% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 48% |
| 33% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 26% |
| 11% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.8 | 17.1 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.1 | 10 |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 44% | 41% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 43% | 33% |
| 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.6 | 12.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Blackpool.
- Fulham have the most scored goals (36) at home in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals (73) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+48) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 48 | 57 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 47 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 36 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 14 | Millwall | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 31 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 19 | Hull City | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | -19 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 36 | -30 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 14 |
